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Stephen Kelly, from Aberdeenshire, scooped the staggering amount after betting £10 on the winners of two golf tournaments (Picture: Facebook/Lewis Walker)

A very lucky man has won £44,000 after simply placing a £10 bet on the winners of two golf tournaments.

Stephen Kelly, from Aberdeenshire, scooped the staggering amount with a 4343/1 double as SSP Chawrasia and Adam Hadwin won their tournaments on Sunday.

The 30-year-old, who lives in London, placed the bet with online site Bet365 before the start of the Hero Indian Open and Valspar Championship in Florida.

He had gone to the pub to watch Celtic play Rangers in the Glasgow derby before returning home to watch Hadwin’s final round in America.

He was filmed pacing up and down before the win (Picture: Facebook/Lewis Walker)

Hadwin was on course for a win until it got to his 16th hole where he drove into water.

Luckily, he regrouped to get the last two holes and won the game.

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Stephen told MailOnline: ‘It’s just about starting to sink in now. At the time it was just relief as I had been waiting for most of the day knowing that Chawrasia had won.

‘At the start of the day I wasn’t too concerned, but after a few beers and watching the football I began to get nervous at the thought of missing out on that kind of money.

Stephen plans to invest the majority of the money (Picture: Facebook/Lewis Walker)

‘I was delighted when he made it and I had all my friends and family phoning and texting. Nobody could believe it.’

Stephen who is a buyer in the oil and gas industry, was filmed pacing up and down before Hadwin’s win by his friend Lewis Walker.

In the video, which was live-streamed on Facebook, Stephen screams out in joy when he realises he’s won.

He said he plans to ‘have fun’ with some of the money but invest the majority of it adding: ‘I’m going to put away around £38,000. I’ve never had savings like this so it gives me the opportunity to potentially get a property in the future when I settle down.’